Yamanaka, Inoshi [Sandaime Mizukage]

The Face. Inoshi's face is perhaps the most striking part his entire anatomy. Despite having a toned body, his face is the area where most of his emotions and expressions come through. That is to say, Inoshi expresses himself through the various points on his face. The most important part of Inoshi's face, when it comes to expressing himself, are his eyes. Bright blue, like the deep depths of the ocean, Inoshi carries eyes that double as his other weapons. Paired with his shocking intensity, these orbs can become a tool to stab someone down, or back them into a corner. While speaking with some, his eyes will just barely flare open, creating micro-expressions that prove devastating and intimidating. The next important area to note is his mouth, bordered by full lips. Despite this being the area through which he talks, Inoshi is constantly creating various smiles and mouth movements which give off his emotions in clear indicators. Perhaps the most impressive and iconic look is the snake like, almost venomous smile he gives off when intrigued by something, or while planning some kind of vile event. In terms of just bland appearance, however, his face is beautiful. Scary, and completely terrifying, but beautiful nevertheless. Each feature is absolute, sharp, and extreme. Large, expressive eyes lay below flexible and expressive eyebrows. High cheekbones match the line of his razor sharp jaw. His skin is smooth and without blemish; or any kind of facial hair. Despite his age, Inoshi looks to be much younger, often mistaken for a much younger man - some even daring to go as far as to say he looks to be a teenager still; though, for the most part, most would agree that he looks to be in his early twenties.

The Body. While his body is not as important in expressing emotions as his face, Inoshi uses his body in a different, just as important way. Over the years, more and more, Inoshi has added a wild, sexual energy to his appearance, representing the deviant nature always present within him, through mostly dormant until his more experienced years. Cloaking himself in the perfect clothing to accentuate his tall and worked out body, without trying, he makes himself into a honey trap. His anatomy has come a long way on the road of maturity, developing himself into quite the man. Powerful muscles line his body, though they do not take away from his slender appearance. Broad shoulders act as the perfect hangers for whatever clothing he is wearing, with capable arms and a robust chest and stomach. Even so, his skin is smooth and without the touch of age; a hairless chest goes far to feature the tone and deviation of his muscle groups. Long legs complete his look, allowing him to stand taller than most. Beyond that overview, however, there are some key features to pay attention too. Having gone through numerous phases of mentality in his life, Inoshi is a canvas which shows his progression through the ages. When he was younger, in his teenage years of running the Kirigakure council, before his anointment as a Mizukage, he was much more rebellious - much more teenager. On one occasion, Inoshi got his ear pierced, though it was not a superficial body modification - it had a message. In the Yamanaka Clan's history, they were paired with the Nara Clan, as well as the Akimichi Clan members, each wearing a single earring; together, the group would have three earrings, as such. Inoshi's left ear was pierced six times, all up the side, and into the cartilage. The message behind the piercings was something boastful and arrogant: "I do not require such counterparts. I have the ability to become my own, functional team, which is still more accomplished." It is with this arrogance that he leads himself.

The Attire. There are many, vastly different styles of clothing that Inoshi wears - each depending on the goal, mission at hand, kind of day, and personal motive. Though, in more general statements, it is good to know and assume that each and every article of clothing the proud Yamanaka owns is made with the utmost quality; as well as some of the most expensive fabrics. He will go a long way to accomplish his look, though time is not really required; he has been known to look much more casual, mostly on days in which he does not have to present himself to others. Though, for the most part, even on these days he comes with the full blown demeanor of superiority. He likes fabrics and clothing which drapes and hangs about him in a robe or cloak's fashion. Though, he does not like wearing a uniform, most of the time - or anything that is stock, and ordinary. It is for this reason that he does not, and did not often wear the traditional robes of the Mizukage. Instead, he wore custom made variations, each with a heavy taste of nobility and royalty. On missions, however, Inoshi has been known to wear the common gear of a shinobi - or while training with himself; though even this happened more when he was younger, and has become less and less a part of his routine. Conceivably, the man's favorite, or at least most worn outfit, is a white cloak like haori and shihakusho variant, as shown below in the picture. Because it is mostly devoid of color, Inoshi often pairs it with a waist band of color, often one of the cooler colors, such as purple of blue: blue matching his eyes, and purple being his favorite color. Other than this, Inoshi is most commonly seen in draping, purple silk and other fine fabrics which he wears in almost seductive ways, just barely allowing himself to grab the sexual attention of others, and corrode their will with his potent presence and wall breaking personality.

The Overview. It is hard to explain Inoshi without making the comparison of something otherworldly, and completely divine. Every curve of his body, turn of muscle tone, the very color itself of his skin seems to ride right along the edge of perfection. Years do not even begin grasp at his physicality, unable to touch him and leaving him as if he was no older than twenty at the latest. No signs of wrinkles, or any kind of aging marks, even facial lines from normal human's emotion are devoid on him. This means that he does not even have noticeable smile lines, laugh lines, or any kinds of lines around his eyes. Despite not looking awkwardly young for his age, his youth is astonishing. Inoshi has medium length hair that falls down to about his shoulders when left untamed; he has been known to, however, pull it back into a neat pony tail, despite its short length, or a sloppy bun while working. Inoshi stands at around six feet tall, weighing one hundred and ninety pounds, all weight that is added through his muscle. While he is lean still, he has a large muscle mass that does not by any means make him look bulky. Below, a small excerpt of Inoshi will be given to more accurately sum him up, taking into account that he is within his mission attire in the excerpt; it is also important to note that this excerpt is taken from his younger days, taking into account that there have been gradual changes to his personality, and thus the way he holds himself.

The Example. Inoshi looked different today. Longer blonde hair was left unkept, and let down, barely touching his shoulders. Ice blue eyes stared and moved along as they followed what they followed. Perfect features, perfect skin, tanned with the effects of sun on his body. And yet, there were no signs of aging, no wrinkles, hardly even any laugh or smile lines. His emotionless face had left him more than perfect. A slender nose, tipped with a slight upward bend, and without flaws or bumps. Lips like flowers themselves, full and yet without looking like oddly proportioned weights on his face that dragged him downwards. A powerful and razor sharp jaw line carved his face's bottom half, and ran parallel with the pronounced cheek bones, high cheek bones, but not alien looking. A muscular, long, and yet thin neck held his head up high, a pompous look spread across his face, as it normally was. Strong lines like a capital V rode down his neck until they centered out in between two collar bones - each pushing forward, and padded by muscle on each side. Purple fabric cut itself in a V that complimented the V in his neck muscles. The V in the shirt was cut low, and allowed the beginning of Inoshi's muscles to be shown. However, what was not shown directly was portrayed with the bumps and lumps of muscle that were shown off within the constrictive form of the tight shirt. Although it was not skin tight, or even close, it was tight enough to reveal his fit, lean, and toned body. The shirt was not the only thing that he wore over his body, however. Over the shirt was vest worn by most Kirigakure jounin operatives that were acting within village official missions. However, Inoshi wore a form that did not have the longer shoulder guards on them, and instead it just cut off like a tank top, allowing his short sleeves to poke through. The vest was unzipped past the limit of the purple V neck, making sure that no skin was hidden where it did not have to be.

Inoshi's head band was wrapped around his forehead, without using the normal shinobi forehead protector - instead it was more like a bandanna that covered the top of his head, and allowed his hair to fall forth in a rugged way about his head. It was slightly bent, or at least positioned so that it was not lined up to be straight forward - instead the head band, metal forehead protector was running more along the side of his forehead, pushed slightly to the left. Black pants clung to his waist, and moved down his legs until midway down his calves, where they were replaced with netting, like fishnets, with another gray cloth under them so as to keep from cold temperatures. On his back was a large pack, at least large by shinobi pouch standards, that contained his weapons, and ninja tools. On his leg, his right thigh, he had a shuriken, kunai, and senbon holster. His shinobi shoes were back, high tops with the zippers slightly unzipped, so as to show the continuation of the netting down to his ankle - but that was covered by the shoes. His legs were long, graceful, lean and slender, and the black of his pants only made them appear to be more so.

Personality: Crazy. Egocentric. Prideful.So much of Inoshi is always changing. New ideas sprout at every instant. New emotions will rise, and fall. Everything is in a constant state of creation, preservation, and then destruction. Each new goal brings him higher and higher, only to realize that he could be doing more, and so he does. Each individual that enters his space is disregarded as a mere ant that he could step on, or something smaller and even more insignificant. Inoshi is the perfect combination of a thinker and a doer. Not one or the other, but both. His active mind always pushing him to start something, and finish it, and then start something else. This leads to a solitary life style that brings him further and further away from other people, and allows his brain to rev up, and power through whatever is needed of him. Always trapped behind a skeptical lens on life, Inoshi sees the world in whatever color he wishes to see it in, acting as a prelude to his actions, and explaining some of why he does what he does. His inability to see others as people that remain on his level, Inoshi hardly divides his respect to anyone, and instead demands all of their respect from them. With a haughty, low voice he cuts at any individual that leaves an opening for him to do so. Always watching and feeling for someone's insecurities just so that he can exploit them, Inoshi studies people and their reactions to anything he may say, memorizing everything, and placing it in the sectioned off categories that make up files within his mind.

In battle, Inoshi relies on a different kind of power to gain him a win. Instead of wielding a large weapon which he swings around before charging inwards to the fight, Inoshi combats with a different way of doing things entirely. He pulls his power from a tactful presence that casts his opponents into the shadow of their own demise. Letting the opponent beat themselves with their own actions, Inoshi only moves when he needs to, and only strikes when he has fully examined the weakness of his opponent. Comparison, strategy, and wit allows Inoshi to take the lead situation in any scenario with ease. Pulling back, and becoming seemingly less aggressive, Inoshi puts his opponents through a long series of tests, getting them right where he wants them before he can move in with his death strike. Inoshi has no qualms about bloodshed, and is ruled by his own, twisted and malicious laws of when it is and is not right to dispose of someone. Normally, should he deem them useless, or without a purpose, as well as hostile or unintelligent enough to do battle with himself, he will not have a kind of second thought about destroying any last trace of the enemy. However, Inoshi is not so wild to get himself caught up in a lawful situation. Wit, tact, strategy, and bent loyalty places him in the throne, and gives him the scepter with which he can dictate what he wants, when he wants, and how it is to be delivered. And he gets it.

When around other individuals, Inoshi can act in a multitude of ways, depending on the kind of person that he is with. Each of these differences are very different, and leave him extremely hard to predict. Around most people, however, Inoshi is automatically put into a place of scanning, and judging. In a way, Inoshi does what he does through pain of boredom with his own life, wanting to know and understand just how it is that others work, and why they cling to such small desire - why they are led by such whimsical emotions, and unruly, not yet calculated choices. Inoshi, as such, is critical, and without a filter, telling just what he wants to tell without any regard for someone's feelings. In fact, should Inoshi, in any way, provide a filter is a great honor - or a way for him to manipulate his way into or out of a situation that he wants or does not want. Because of this, he has created himself to be a very powerful silver tongue, and allied himself with all of the right active forces to enable his getting what he wants. Around other individuals, however, he can act completely different. Secretly, Inoshi searches for compassion, and a love that was promised by his own mother upon death. He refused that this kind of love could exist until he found it himself - a love and caring for an individual as a friend, teammate, and companion. Inoshi's presence is always full of wit, and one can almost feel the harsh intellect that steams off of his person, however how he chooses to use this intellect is completely versatile. Through passing numerous repeated IQ tests, with the average IQ score of around one hundred and ninety six, sometimes higher, but rarely lower, Inoshi's powerful mind is justified. This just goes to show that Inoshi is above and beyond most of his peers.

Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. The opposite of virtue is vice. Vice is a practice or a behavior or habit considered immoral, depraved, or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or merely a bad habit. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity, sin, iniquity, wickedness, and corruption. Inoshi is much to complicated to talk about with the simple, one sided definition of virtue, or vice. Instead, most all of his actions are depicted as an acidic mixture of both. Inoshi holds very few things near and dear to himself, and does not care for much. He does not care about moral conduct, and would much rather act on personal interest, than the interest of others. This is, in part, forced into his list of vices and virtues simply because of the way he views himself - beautiful, untouchable, beyond the mortal level, and without flaw. Because of this, Inoshi thinks that others should not have a say against his word, unless those other individuals are individuals that he has come to respect, in the rare case that this respect is real and genuine. Inoshi does not consider himself loyal to anything, not even his own hidden village, despite his leadership positions that have come and gone in numerous forms. He only sees the village as a way to obtain what he wants, and conduct individuals as he sees fit. As such, he would never actively take up arms against the village, or wish for its down fall, but only because of selfish reasons.

There is an exception to all of this. Beyond all of the cleverly placed lies, and all of the sought out mental torture, Inoshi has one part of him that is completely dedicated and loyal. Upon his mother's death, when Inoshi was young, she told him to find love and someone that can hold that love. She told him that this was the most important thing. Inoshi's pride was a fully ironic character trait to take on, seeing as this made finding others and love that much harder. However over time, he shoved those words into the back of his heart, where they only acted through subconsciousness. Without knowing it, Inoshi spent every waking second of his days trying to find what it was that he would love in someone. These extremely rare things completely change Inoshi's way of being, and allow him to bring what little, pure innocence is within him to the exterior, and to be shown properly. One such example, and the only truly accurate example is that of the young boy named Hisoka, who Inoshi claimed as one of the rare things he could truly hold admiration for. His reasons are without logic, and his logic is without form. Instead, Inoshi has become completely dedicated to this boy, without disregarding himself, or his selfish pride. Because of this, Inoshi becomes even more unpredictable, seeing as he has extremely mixed feelings about his own priority, when compared to the priority of others.

Inoshi leads a lonely life style, full of wondering and full of studying. Inoshi does not go about making friends, or even caring about social interactions beyond those superficial enough to be actually important. Instead, Inoshi spends his time memorizing anything and everything that he can in order to be able to defend in almost any situation. Because of this, Inoshi has read hundreds of books on the architecture of every building within Kirigakure's walls, weather details, numerous sciences, numerous math subjects, geography, and ninja information. He spends his time flipping through book after book, quickly memorizing everything that it has to say with his perfect recall abilities, and photographic memory type. Because of this, he can either be found in the libraries, in the more secret and confidential archives of the Kirigakure ANBU, or actually out at the building's locations, checking out the architecture that caught his interest, instantly forming strategies should he be attacked right in this destination. It is not unheard of for Inoshi to remove himself from these duties and train in the ninja arts, but he is much more content tucked away where no kind of data could be gathered on him, working on developing different meridian confrontations in order to create powerful jutsu - or even jutsu jutsu that are tactical, and serve a specific purpose.

Recently, however, there has been an obsession that has kept Inoshi busy in other areas as well. This area of Inoshi's life is controlled by another boy, a best friend, a teammate, and a companion. This boy's name is Hisoka, a shinobi that has caught Inoshi's interest for whatever reason. This boy now has created a small rift in Inoshi's time frame, and now demands his presence. However, this is not a bad thing, and simply seen as another thing for Inoshi to do in the time that may have been blank before. Over the years, however, this friendship grew into a very meaningful companionship, in which both parties actively support each other emotionally, and live off of each other in a sense. Having gone through so much, and seen many things together, they are inseparable friends and teammates.

Personal Nindōs:First. Strive, reach, and grasp for perfection, but never actually grab it, for achieving perfection is the one, immortal flaw.Second. Every large step forward crushes numerous, small "insects" below. This does not mean, however, that one should never take steps forward.

Trivia: 'Ino' (イノ) comes from inoshishi (猪), meaning 'boar' and coming from the twelfth zodiac sign; ironic, seeing as Inoshi is not a bore on the zodiac. 'Shi' (死) means 'death,' and 'poem'. 'Yamanaka' (山中) means 'among the mountains'. Wild boar are heavily associated with mountains in Japan and are even called the 'whales of the mountains' (山鯨, yamakujira), because of the amount of meat they produce.

Inoshi's family used to own a flower shop, ran by his mother, which cultivated and raised numerous kinds of plants; some of which were exclusive to Yamanaka Clan gardens, and therefore highly valuable. Because of this, Inoshi received botanical teachings from a young age, generally able to define a plant and its properties on command.

Favorite Vegetables:

Asparagus

Avocado

Kale

Crimini/Shiitake Mushrooms

Olives

Onion

Spinach

Chard

Cod Fish

Yams

Favorite Seafood/Seafood Dishes:

Sashimi

Nigiri Sushi

Civiche

Tara

Ohyo

Sake

Sardines

Scallops

Prawns

Maguro

Favorite Fruits:

Apples

Apricots

Bananas

Blueberries

Grapefruit

Grapes

Lemons

Limes

Oranges

Peaches

Favorite Beans/Legumes:

Black Beans

Dried Peas

Garbanzo Beans

Kidney Beans

Lentils

Lima Beans

Miso

Tofu/Tempeh

Pinto Beans

Soy Beans

Favorite Grains:

Barley

Brown rice

Buckwheat

Corn

Millet

Oats

Quinoa

Rye

Spelt

Whole wheat

Favorite Herbs:

Basil

Black pepper

Cayenne pepper

Chili pepper, dried

Cilantro/Coriander seeds

Cinnamon, ground

Cloves

Cumin seeds

Dill

Ginger

Favorite Sweeteners:

Blackstrap molasses

Honey

Maple syrup

Other:

Green tea

Soy sauce

Known Aliases:

Yotō kokoro (与党心; Literally meaning "Rule of the Mind") is a nickname that is commonly paired with Inoshi of the Yamanaka clan due to many reasons. The first, of course, being the blatant fact that he is the ruler of the Yamanaka clan, and one of the most famed and powerful rulers that the clan has ever seen. Because of this, he has been dubbed by his adversaries as the mater of the mind, or the mind's ruler, seeing as his jutsu easily allow him to do just that; rule the mind of himself and others. Word of this name has spread throughout the village of Kirigakure, and even beyond the walls and into further lands. Even when individuals do not understand the reason for the name, they have most likely heard of it whispered among the lips of those that would wish to remain tucked away from governmental affairs.

Misuto no Kōtei (ミストの皇帝; Literally meaning "Emporer of the Mist") is a name that is common among any and all shinobi that know of Kirigakure. This name was given to him by few before he was even recognized officially as the Mizukage of the mist village, and has only become much more common as this recognition became official. This name is used in a similar way to the Mizukage, and it is a name that brings forth an auspicious aura, which is added to the interesting and some what deadly aura that the kage already carries around himself. This nickname is as common as simply calling him the Mizukage of the Bloody Mist.

Ketsueki o Hakobu Kare (血液を運ぶ彼; Literally meaning "He Who Carries The Blood") is a name given to Inoshi out of both fear and respect by many in and out of his village. This nickname was given to Inoshi before he became officially elected as the Mizukage, seeing as it was clear that he was the political force within the walls, as opposed to the previous kage. This name is testiment to his will in the government, and his political ways with passing numerous legislature, or letting others fall through. While he runs the perfect government, he does not let Kirigakure's name fall, and upholds the "Bloody Mist" title that has been given to the Mist Village by numerous neighboring lands.

Yuki no Seirei (雪の精霊; Literally meaning "The Snow Spirit") is actually a rather humorous nickname that Inoshi has - although it is not actually his nickname, or at least people dont know that it is his nickname. Allow me to explain: when Inoshi is around snow, his normal, twisted, dark, cruel, strategical, and logical side is thrown away temporarily and the polar opposite becomes the case. In this way, he becomes extremely child like, hyper, acts on nothing more than his gut, and gains a very hyper edge. However, the nickname came from the fact that, when it is snowing, Inoshi drops into a prank mode, and pulls pranks across his village, and on anyone that is close to him and lucky/unlucky enough to experience it. However, to this date, it is unknown that Inoshi is the "snow spirit" of the Bloody Mist, and hardly anyone would ever glue the childish prankster identity to someone like Inoshi without having conclusive evidence. Inoshi often hides his appearance in some form or another, and acts like a young, hyper cat after sniffing a substantial amount of cat-nip while it is snowing.

Kinpatsu no Hito (金髪の人; Literally meaning "Blondie") is a name that is only mentioned by one person in the entire world safely. That one person is none other than Inoshi's best friend, rival, and teammate Hisoka of the Ryoku. Hisoka first called Inoshi this as an insult, following it up with comments on Inoshi's apparent feminine appearance (due to his long hair at the time, and beautiful features), however it slowly adapted into something more of a very casual nickname that Inoshi has even come to accept as nothing more than a passing comment and friendly gesture. What is more, he would not waste his time trying to get the rambunctious friend to stop calling him that, it simply wouldn't be worth it in the slightest.

Nyūōdākingu (ニューオーダーキング; Literally meaning "King of the New Order") is a name Inoshi has given to himself, in dealing with his new creation - the organization and/or group called the Nai'Ouza. However, there is a strong sense of irony present, seeing as the group's name literally means "No Throne" yet the Yamanaka names himself King - a title often paired with a throne. It is unknown to most whether he intends for there to be such irony present, and if it means something deeper than just shallow hypocrisy.